Khorne

Your shrines will burn, your streets run with blood, your false idols shattered, your people slaughtered by the thousands, your very planet torn apart… and the barest fraction of my hatred will be satisfied.

— Ba'ar Zul the Hate-Bound, Warrior of Khorne

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Summary

Khorne is the Chaos god of anger, violence, and hate. Khorne is the mightiest and the second to emerge of the four Gods of Chaos, fully coming into existence during Terra's Middle Ages. Every act of violence gives Khorne power, whether committed by his followers or by their enemies.

The name "Khorne" derives from his Dark Tongue name, "Kharneth", meaning "Lord of Rage" or "Lord of Blood". Although Khorne despises the use of magic and accordingly hates Tzeentch, Slaanesh is his opposite. Khorne and Slaanesh personify two entirely opposing aspects of Chaos, and Khorne considers Slaanesh a weakling without martial pride or honour. Images of Khorne show it to be a mighty being, sitting upon a great throne of brass atop a mountainous pile of bleached skulls centered in a lake of blood. The skulls are of all those slain by Khorne's Champions, and of all his slain Champions. The mountain slowly grows ever higher.

Khorne is said to have inherited a martial nobility and honour, and considers the weak and helpless to be unworthy of his wrath. His associated number is eight, reflected in the organization of his armies, and in smaller matters such as the number of syllables in a daemonic follower's name.

Attack Potency: Likely Multiverse level (The mightiest of the four main Chaos Gods, His bellows of rage alone are enough to echo throughout the entire multiverse, Vastly superior to powerful daemons capable of creating pocket universes in the Warp. Wields a sword that "glowed with the heat of the dying universes in which it had been forged".) | At least Multi-Solar System level while restricted (Even while being held back, his influence is spread over the entire Milky Way Galaxy. An area of space spanning numerous solar systems is rendered completely uninhabitable due to the conflict between Chaos and the Anathema. The Warp will often randomly swallow up entire sectors of the galaxy composed of numerous solar systems.), Unknown while unrestricted (Were the Emperor unable to continue holding the Chaos Gods back, the Warp's influence would flood into realspace, causing it to be completely destroyed) | Hyperverse level (Often depicted as the most powerful of the four main Chaos Gods, Greatly superior to Slaanesh)

Range: Likely Multiversal (The Warp is connected to all universes) | Galactic while restricted | Likely Hyperversal (the Warp extends to at least a million universes, and the Warp itself is beyond all physical and temporal dimensions of realspace)

Standard Equipment: Unknown

Intelligence: Beyond mortal comprehension due to not being limited to a linear perception of events, Has near complete knowledge of the entire galaxy and at least millions of other universes

Weaknesses: He is unable to manifest his full power outside the Warp | None notable